For two little Octonauts-lovers, Sea World was a major highlight of our trip to San Diego! First we headed over to Shamu Stadium to see.. Shamu! And Shamu's Mommy, Daddy, Brudders, and Baby Shamu.
Ready for the Shamu show!
After a spectacular show during which Sean cheered for all the neat jumps and splashing and Clare cooed over the Baby Shamu, we walked over to Dolphin Point to watch the dolphins play.
And then we went over to feed and pet the manta rays! Sean thought it was so cool - he could have stayed there all day! Clare squealed each time a manta ray came near, but she worked up the courage to touch one!
Smile!
Next up was Pacific Point to see the sea lions. Clare really bonded with one sea lion in particular. Was it her squeaky little voice or the little fishies we were feeding him that kept him coming around? Hmmm...
We spent the rest of the day seeing more shows, going to the Shark Encounter, and trying to find the Polar Bears. Sean thought this "under-the-sea tube" was pretty neat!
We found the penguins with no problems-
The penguin house was a good place for a churro break, actually :-)
We looked in on Snow World, a special Holiday-time attraction Sea World does that featured tons of fresh snow to play in. Thankfully we skipped that since we had plenty of snow fun waiting for us at home...
After exploring all the neat attractions, we let the kids burn off extra energy at the Sesame Street Bay of Play!
We took a spin on the Abby Cadabby Teacups:
And we flew around on Elmo's Flying Fish Spinning Ride before heading out for the night.
But not without getting Shamu huggies!
